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Dear members of ARLIS/NA and VRA,

Following the 2011 Joint ARLIS/VRA Annual Conference in Minneapolis, in which our organizations met jointly for the first time in ten years, the Boards of ARLIS/NA and VRA entered into discussions aimed at laying the groundwork for future joint conferences.  Over the next several months, the conference financial and operational infrastructures that exist for each organization were shared and analyzed by both Boards.  Out of these open and collegial discussions, a formal agreement was reached that outlines the financial terms of joint conferences, including a distribution model for sharing profits and losses.   This document, which was ratified by both Boards in the fall of 2012, capitalizes on the lessons learned from past joint conferences and the ongoing collaborative track record of our two organizations.

 

The Joint Conference Financial Agreement calls for the formation of a Joint Conference Task Force with “representation from both organizations who will analyze past joint conference reports, highlight problem areas, define roles and expectations, and propose a protocol for joint conference planning (with the exceptions of financial issues).”  The individual appointed to Chair this Task Force must be a current member of both organizations.  The report submitted by the Task Force will facilitate joint conference planning once it is ratified by both Boards.

We are pleased to announce the ARLIS/NA-VRA Joint Conference Task Force:

Ann Whiteside, Harvard University (Chair)

Greta Bahnemann, Minnesota Digital Library

Elaine Paul, University of Colorado, Boulder

Mark Pompelia, Rhode Island School of Design

Elizabeth Schaub, University of Texas at Austin

 

It is an exciting new chapter in the history of our organizations to be working together in this way for the benefit of the membership of both VRA and ARLIS/NA.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Deborah Kempe

President, ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)

 

Jolene de Verges

President, VRA (Visual Resources Association)

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